Heath Aston and Jacqueline Maley
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been hit by another embarrassing leak from within his party, forcing him to deny a media report he came up with a plan to unilaterally invade Iraq with a force of more...

Heath Aston, Jacqueline Maley
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has emphatically denied reports that he came up with a plan to unilaterally invade Iraq with a force of more than 3000 Australian troops to confront Islamic State, calling...

Jacqueline Maley
Excuse us, we have been a little bit distracted this week. It's been hard to see through the haze of deja vu which has descended over Canberra, while simultaneously trying to work out why Dennis...

Jacqueline Maley and James Massola
When the Prime Minister stands on the podium at the National Press Club on Monday, he has one chief task: to wrench our gaze forward and make his listeners, from the journalists in the room to the...

Jacqueline Maley
Same sex marriage advocates are planning a 2015 blitz on western Sydney as part of a push across 50 key federal electorates for the enactment of marriage equality legislation before the next election.

Jacqueline Maley
Movie stars have the Oscars, TV stars have the Logies. So Jacqueline Maley, tongue firmly in cheek, announces which of Australia's politicians deserve a Hanson Award for their performances in 2014.

Jacqueline Maley
Call it Tony Abbott's Mrs Dalloway moment. History has not recorded whether our Prime Minister Tony Abbott has read the classic Virginia Woolf novel, which wrings maximum drama out of the eponymous...